CVE-2026-66050: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in nitroshare nitroshare-desktop
NitroShare Desktop through 0.3.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its LAN file transfer server that allows unauthenticated attackers on the same network to write arbitrary files by sending a crafted filename containing directory traversal sequences in the JSON item header name field. Attackers can exploit the lack of path validation to write files outside the transfer root directory to arbitrary locations the current user has write access, including the Windows Startup folder, enabling persistent code execution on the next user login.
CVE-2026-66050: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in nitroshare nitroshare-desktop
Description
NitroShare Desktop through 0.3.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its LAN file transfer server that allows unauthenticated attackers on the same network to write arbitrary files by sending a crafted filename containing directory traversal sequences in the JSON item header name field. Attackers can exploit the lack of path validation to write files outside the transfer root directory to arbitrary locations the current user has write access, including the Windows Startup folder, enabling persistent code execution on the next user login.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-23T20:45:17.817Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a676d4e9c2644c7f838a024
Added to database: 07/27/2026, 14:38:06 UTC
Last updated: 07/27/2026, 15:38:57 UTC
Views: 5
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